GRE Word List

EMETIC

an agent that induces vomiting

The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.

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airyof or relating to air : atmospheric
dawdleto spend time idly
pertsaucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
feignto give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression
denotationan act or process of denoting
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
inarticulateincapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
sequesterto set apart : segregate